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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/informed-decision-toolbox.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Informed Decisions Toolbox
Informed Decisions Toolbox
Decision-makers do not currently use the best available information from management
and health services research. Numerous barriers to managers' use of evidence in
decision making exist, including time pressures, perceived threats to autonomy,
prefere…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/041-pros-cons-mrsa-surveillance-one-pager.docx
October 01, 2024 - To protect patients from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and develop effective MRSA prevention strategies, facilities must know the MRSA prevalence among their specific patient population and understand when and where transmission occurs. MRSA surveillance provides this type of insight. MR…
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/survey-methods-research/calculating-response-rates.html
August 01, 2024 - Calculating Response Rates for CAHPS Surveys
Response rates are determined by the number of completed surveys (numerator) versus the number of individuals who were eligible to complete the survey (denominator). What counts as a completed survey and the number of eligible individuals depends on which response ra…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.html
October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide
Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-6.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Chapter 6. Assessment and Process Evaluation
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Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Introduction
Chapte…
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-6.html
July 01, 2022 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Chapter 6. Assessment and Process Evaluation
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Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
Introduction
Chapte…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T4-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_How_to_Enter_Data_Manually_into_an_Antibiogram_Template.pdf
May 01, 2014 - www.ahrq.gov/NH-ASPGuide ● May 2014 AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0012-4-EF
Concise Antibiogram Toolkit
How to Enter Data Manually Into an Antibiogram Template
Once you’ve printed your results from WHONET, you’re ready to enter the percent (%)
susceptibilities into the antibiogram template.
First, find the needed…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/qde-mmd-webinar-on_quality-measure-use.pdf
September 24, 2015 - internal clinical and information technology staff to program
measures resulted in measures that more accurately
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/qde-mmd-webinar-slides.html
January 01, 2016 - internal clinical and information technology staff to program measures resulted in measures that more accurately
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/medical-office-diagnostic-safety-database-2024-infographic.pdf
January 01, 2024 - 2024 SOPS Medical Office Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set Infographic
Findings from the 2024 Surveys on Patient Safety Culture®
(SOPS®) Medical Office Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set
The SOPS Medical Office Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set assesses the extent to which
the organizational cult…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-roleplay-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Role Play Scenarios
The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care
Settings by Engaging Patients and Families
Create a Safe
Medicine List Together
Role Play Scenario 1
Facilitator Instructions
1. Create props (index cards or post-it notes) to represent the medicine la…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Steele_100.pdf
March 18, 2008 - Specifically, with enhanced time efficiency, clinicians can
communicate more effectively, provide care more accurately
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/elicitation/index.html
August 01, 2024 - these methods use proprietary algorithms to process narrative data, making it difficult to validate how accurately
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety.pdf
September 02, 2022 - Accurately and efficiently
collect key clinical findings
needed to inform diagnostic
hypotheses.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/segall-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Strongly
Disagree/
Disagree
Neutral Agree/
Strongly
Agree
The experiment was long enough to accurately … (technician responses only)
1 2 12
Discussion
In general, participants found the simulation to accurately
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www.ahrq.gov/data/meps.html
July 01, 2024 - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
MEPS is the only national data source measuring how Americans use and pay for medical care, health insurance, and out-of-pocket spending. Annual surveys of individuals and families, as well as their health care providers, provide data on health status, the use of medical …
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www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/findings.html
July 01, 2022 - hospital data, so the Connecticut APCD does not contain complete hospital data, making it difficult to accurately … providers may object to payers reporting data about their practices and may doubt that the data will accurately … Providers, in particular, may not share data if they do not believe that the measures being reported accurately
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cg-survey-4-beta-webinar-guiding-concepts.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Introducing the CAHPS Clinician & Group Visit Survey 4.0 (beta) - Hays
GUIDING CONCEPTS FOR THE
NEW CAHPS® SURVEY
Ron Hays, Ph.D.
University Of California – Los Angeles and RAND Health Program
CAHPS Core Surveys:
Some Examples
Patient Experience with Providers
► Clinician & Group
► Hospice
► Home Health Car…
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraexh11.html
April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Exhibit 11. Importance measures on events in rank order of criticality
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Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Executive Summary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/new_model_thinking.pdf
February 01, 2014 - A New Model of Thinking in Clinical Preventive Services
ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVENTION
A New Model of Thinking in Clinical Preventive Services
The Harms of Screening: an Unseen Problem
Most of us know that screening for cancer and other preventive services
can help save lives…